Improvement in sheet-iron barrels



C. M. WYVELL Sheet-Iron Barrel.

N0.165,909. Patentedluly20,l87 5.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIon.

CHARLES M. WYVELL, OF SGOTTSVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEET-IRON BARRELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,909, dated July 20,1875 application filed April 10, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES M. WYYELL, of Scottsville, Monroe county,New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-IronBarrels, of which the following is a specification Figure 1 is aperspective view of one of my improved barrels, part of the center hoopsbeing broken away. Fig. 2 is a top perspective view of one part of thebarrel, and Fig. 3 is a bottom perspective view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claim;

The body of the barrel is made in two halves or parts,A B. The adjacentedges of the parts A B are notched to form flaps a b, which notches andflaps are made of a uniform width, and are so arranged that the notchesof one part may be opposite the flaps of the other part, so that thenotches and flaps may interlock, as shown in Fig. 1. The two parts aresecured together by two hoops, G, driven upon the flaps a b from eachend of the barrel, and connected together by strips D of sheet metalpassed between them and the barrel, and the ends of which are bent up tooverlap the outer edges of the said hoops. The strips D, in connectionwith the bilge of the barrel keep the parts of the barrel securely inplace. The

lower head or bottom E of the barrel has its edge bent outward to fitagainst the inner surface of the end of the barrel, and the said edgesare notched uniformly and alternately, the flaps of each edge beingturned down over the notches of the other edge, as shown in Fig. 3. Theother head or top, F, of the barrel has its edges bent outward to fitagainst the inner surface of the barrel, and is secured in placedetachably by the long staples G, which are passed through holes in thesaid overlapping edges, and have their ends bent down or clinched, asshown in Fig. 1.

' With this construction the barrel when empty can be readily takenapart and nested for storage or transportation, and can be readily puttogether when required for use.

This construction may be applied to barrels made of paper or pasteboard,as well as to those made of sheet-iron.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A barrel formed in two parts, having their adjacentedges notched to each other, :and secured by the hoops Q and thelocking-strips D, substantially as herein shown and described. 7

CHARLES M. WYVELL.

Witnesses:

S. O. SEVERANOE, ROBERT MCARTHUR.

